Greek government approves HAF F-16 fighters upgrade program

Greece’s government council for foreign affairs and defense, chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, has approved a plan to upgrade 85 F-16 fighter aircraft to the F-16V standard through a potential $1.45 billion contract, Reuters said on April 28, 2018.

Two HAF F-16 fighter jets(Credit: HAF)

"The council unanimously approved the implementation of the 85-plane upgrade programme," Tsipras' office said. No details on the cost or delivery dates of the programme were given. The Council also decided to activate a sub-program for the support of the eight C-27J aircraft in service with the HAF.

Washington on October 2017 approved a major Foreign Militay Sales from Greece estimated at $2.4 billion at the time for a 10-year modernization programme. Reports on Saturday said the programme now agreed runs to 2021 at a cost of 545.9 million dollars.